This episodes Interesting Person is the Original Mr. Wonderful, Rock Riddle, world champion wrestler. He's retired from the ring (sort of) and is now a Hollywood Publicist. He has some great stories to tell and Bob Brill brings them out with his unique interviewing style. Enjoy!
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When you meet Rock Riddle and sit down to talk with him you
realize he was born to do two things in life; be a wrestler and to be a
Hollywood publicist. Both of which he has been and currently is. And he's always dapper no matter where he is.
In my weekly Podcast; “Interesting People with Bob Brill”
which you can find on iTunes and via many APPs, I sat down with Rock to talk
about what makes a teen-age boy suddenly decide he wants to be a wrestler. A
young kid raised in rural North Carolina, he wanted out. From Tobacco Road to
Hollywood is a mighty trek but he made it.
He didn’t only become a wrestler, he created and became Mr.
Wonderful (he always pushes the fact he was the “original Mr. Wonderful). A
three time wrestling Hall of Famer, his career had it’s ups and downs and some
of the stories he tells are funny yet dramatic.
There was the time when a fan attacked him with a cane. He
used the event to slightly touch the man and put him back in his seat. A
newspaper account said Rock Riddle sent the man over eight rows of seats. When
the cops arrived to his dressing room he thought about fleeing out the window
but held his ground. The police merely wanted to know how the famous Rock
Riddle wanted to handle it. They wanted to know if he wanted to press charges
against the man. He did not.
The producer of one of the top selling self help videos sold
on Amazon, Riddle took his brash style to Hollywood where he created APS Entertainment. He
handles actors, producers, directors and more with their publicity and has a
pretty amazing track record. And boy can he tell a story.
Check it out on the
podcast “Interesting People with Bob Brill.”
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